Ghazal 364 of Hafez (7 couplets), in the original Persian as on Ganjoor, with a transliteration, a plain English translation, the meanings of key words and the traditional fâl-e Hâfez reading.
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COUPLET 1
ما بی‌غمانِ مست دل از دست داده‌ایمهم‌رازِ عشق و هم‌نفسِ جامِ باده‌ایم
mâ bi-ghamân-e mast del az dast dâde-im / hamrâz-e eshgh o hamnafas-e jâm-e bâde-im
We are carefree drunkards who have lost our hearts; we share love's secrets and keep company with the wine cup.
COUPLET 2
بر ما بسی کمانِ ملامت کشیده‌اندتا کارِ خود ز ابرویِ جانان گشاده‌ایم
bar mâ basi kamân-e malâmat keshide-and / tâ kâr-e khod ze abru-ye jânân goshâde-im
Many have drawn the bow of blame at us ever since we found the key to our affairs in the beloved's arched eyebrow.
COUPLET 3
ای گُل تو دوش داغِ صَبوحی کشیده‌ایما آن شقایقیم که با داغ زاده‌ایم
ey gol to dush dâgh-e sabuhi keshide-i / mâ ân shaghâyeghim ke bâ dâgh zâde-im
O rose, you felt the burn of the morning wine only last night; we are the anemone that was born with the dark scar in its heart.
COUPLET 4
پیرِ مُغان ز توبهٔ ما گر ملول شدگو باده صاف کن که به عذر ایستاده‌ایم
pir-e moghân ze towbe-ye mâ gar malul shod / gu bâde sâf kon ke be ozr istâde-im
If the elder of the Magi is tired of our repentance, tell him to clear the wine: we stand here ready to make amends.
COUPLET 5
کار از تو می‌رود، مددی ای دلیلِ راهکانصاف می‌دهیم و ز راه اوفتاده‌ایم
kâr az to miravad madadi ey dalil-e râh / k-ensâf midahim o ze râh oftâde-im
Only you can make it happen; help us, O guide on the road! We honestly admit that we have fallen off the path.
COUPLET 6
چون لاله، مِی مبین و قَدَح در میانِ کاراین داغ بین که بر دلِ خونین نهاده‌ایم
chon lâle mey mabin o ghadah dar miyân-e kâr / in dâgh bin ke bar del-e khunin nahâde-im
Do not look only at the wine and the cup in our hands, as with the tulip; look at the scar we have laid on our bleeding heart.
COUPLET 7
گفتی که «حافظ این همه رنگ و خیال چیست؟!»نقشِ غلط مَبین که همان لوحِ ساده‌ایم
gofti ke "Hâfez in hame rang o khiyâl chist?!" / naghsh-e ghalat mabin ke hamân lowh-e sâde-im
You said, "Hafez, what are all these colors and fancies?" Do not look at the mistaken pictures: we are still that same blank tablet.
What this fâl tells you
This fal describes someone who seems merry on the outside but carries an old, hidden ache, like the tulip with its dark heart. Tradition reads it as encouragement to admit where you have gone astray and ask an experienced guide for help. Others may judge by appearances; underneath, your heart is still clean and open to a fresh start.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: -im ("we are / we have"). qâfiye: -âde (dâde, bâde, goshâde, zâde, istâde, oftâde, nahâde, sâde). The tulip and anemone with a dark spot (dâgh) at the center are the poem's image of a hidden wound.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| dâde-im | we have given; del az dast dâdan = to lose one's heart dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| bâde-im | (of the) wine + -im "we are" dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| ملامت | malâmat | blame, reproach dictionary |
| کشیده‌اند | keshide-and | they have drawn (a bow) dictionary |
| tâ | since, ever since dictionary | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| khod | our own dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| abru-ye | eyebrow of dictionary | |
| jânân | the beloved (معشوق) | |
| گشاده‌ایم | goshâde-im | we have opened, we have solved dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| dâgh | brand, burning mark (like the dark spot in a tulip) dictionary | |
| keshide-i | you have suffered, endured dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| پیر | pir | elder; spiritual master dictionary |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| ملول | malul | weary, sad dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| sâf | clear, pure dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| istâde-im | we stand; be ozr istâdan = to stand ready to apologize dictionary | |
| می‌رود | miravad | goes; kâr az to miravad = it lies in your power dictionary |
| madadi | some help dictionary | |
| dalil | guide (راهنما) dictionary | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| کانصاف | k-ensâf | for in fairness (= ke ensâf); ensâf dâdan = to admit honestly (که انصاف) dictionary |
| می‌دهیم | midahim | we give dictionary |
| oftâde-im | we have fallen dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| مبین | mabin | do not look (old imperative) (نگاه نکن) dictionary |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| میان | miyân | middle; dar miyân-e kâr = in the midst of things, in hand dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| bin | see! (= bebin) (ببین) dictionary | |
| khunin | bloody; khunin-del = heartsick, grieving dictionary | |
| نهاده‌ایم | nahâde-im | we have laid down dictionary |
| gofti | you said; you composed dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| rang | color dictionary | |
| khiyâl | fancy, notion dictionary | |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| ghalat | mistake; ghalat makon = do not err dictionary | |
| همان | hamân | the same dictionary |
| لوح | lowh | tablet, slate dictionary |
| sâde-im | (blank) + -im "we are"; lowh-e sâde = a blank tablet dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 364. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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